Hitman

What it’s apologizing for: The six-year wait for a new Hitman game didn’t do Absolution any favors, but neither did its restrictive assassination options and save system. The best Hitman games encourage trial and error, but Absolution felt like a step back for fans won over by the franchise’s love of experimentation. How it’ll do it: Hard to say, as the newly announced entry didn’t come with much in the way of details. It’s launching digitally December 8th, and a spiffy gameplay trailer is saying all the right things about variety and rewarding player ingenuity. It certainly looks like more Hitman, but we just hope that it’s the right Hitman.